part of speech: adjective
definition 1: comparative of good.
antonyms: worse
definition 2: more excellent; of a higher quality.
- This is a better restaurant because of its fine service.
synonyms: finer, greater, superior
antonyms: base, inferior, worse
definition 3: more useful; having more desirable results.
- These shoes are better for walking than those sandals.
antonyms: worse
definition 4: healthier; no longer sick or injured.
- Is she better after the operation?
synonyms: cured, healed
antonyms: down, ill, worse
definition 5: larger.
- The house took the better part of a year to build.
synonyms: bigger, greater, larger
phrase: better off
part of speech: adverb
definition 1: comparative of well.
antonyms: worse
definition 2: with more success or excellence.
- The plants will grow better in the sun.
antonyms: worse
definition 3: more; greater; longer.
- He drove better than ten miles to get here.
synonyms: greater, more
part of speech: verb
inflections: betters, bettering, bettered
definition 1: to improve.
- Abe bettered himself through education.
synonyms: enhance, further, improve
definition 2: to do better than; to top or outdo.
- She bettered the school record in that race.
synonyms: exceed, outdo, surpass, top
part of speech: noun
definition: the greater or more excellent one.
- This school is the better of the two.
synonyms: cream, pick
antonyms: worse
